The future of the Common Pleas Courthouse Annex is uncertain
even as Cape Girardeau city officials talk confidently of renovating the
adjacent courthouse for use as city hall. City manager Scott Meyer said
Wednesday officials will have to evaluate what to do with the Annex, formerly a
Carnegie Library. One possibility is to construct an addition connecting the
courthouse and annex. But there are no definitive plans. The council has not
taken action.